Course and Scope of Employment
Can you be covered by Workers' Compensation if you are driving to or leaving from work? Usually you cannot. The "going and coming" rule states that when an employee is leaving for work or coming home from work and they are hurt, they cannot recover workers' compensation. However, like most issues involving "the law" there are exceptions to this rule. One clear exception is the "traveling salesman" exception. For example if the employee is a traveling salesman and he gets hurt while staying at a hotel while on the road for sales calls, his case will most likely be covered. Also, if an employee has to travel "incident to their employment" such as a traveling nurse visiting a client in their home. There are other eceptions, anyone is free to give me a call and discuss.